Cigar-lighter



(No Mod-e1.)

G. W. LA BAW.

GIGAR LIGHTER.

Patented Sept. 25, 1894.

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NITED STATES `PATENT OFFICE.

GEORGE W. LA BAW, OF BAYONNE, NEW JERSEY.

Clem-LIGHTER.

f SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 526,495, dated September 25,1894. Application filed October 30, 1893. Serial No. 489,434. (No model.)

To all whom it may con/cern.-

Beit known that I, GEORGE W. LA BAW, a citizen of the United States, residing at Bayonne city, in the county of Hudson and State of New Jersey, have invented an Improvement in Cigar-Lighters, of which the following is a specification.

Dilflculty is frequently experienced in lighting cigars and cigarettes from the ignited match being blown out by thev action of curu rents of wind, because unprotected, and the object of my invention is to overcome this difculty and to provide in a cigar lighter a device adapted to both hold and ignite matches, the dame being retained within the case through an opening in which the cigar or cigarette can be inserted `and lighted. by the flame of the match, withoutthe risk of the flame being blown out. t i

In carrying out my invention, I provide a case which contains receptacles for matches and supports for` a rotary match carrier. A cover is hinged to this case and provided with an igniter and an opening for inserting the end of the cigar or cigarette to be lighted by the burning match. The rotary match carrier is adapted t0 be held with its match in position to be ignited and to be released by a catch and actuated bya springand the match ignited while the cover remains closed, and means are provided'should the end of the match become broken, for pushing out the broken stem so that a whole match may be inserted.

. In the drawings, Figure l is a vertical lony gitudinal section illustrating my improvements. Fig. 2 is a vertical cross section at the line 10,10, of Fig.` 1. Fig. 3 is a 'sectional plan at the line 0c, w. Fig. 4 is a sectional plan at the line y, y, and Fig. 5 is a partial vertical cross section at theline ege'. The section Fig. 1 is taken at the line x in of Fig. 3.

The figures of the drawings are shown of exaggerated size for clearn ess; fi. e. about four times the measurement.

The cigar lighter is composed of the case a which forms the lower portion, and the hinged cover b Which forms the upper portion. The

case a is provided with receptacles c for matches and these are arranged as shown along the opposite sides of the caseextending down into the case below the meeting edges of the case and cover, the igniting heads on one end ofthe matches standing above the upper edge of the case Where they can be grasped readily by the fingers and removed from the receptacles. l v

The case @,is provided with a cross plate d at its upper edge, and rising from said crossplate are supports e e. The supports e e' form bearings for the shaft h of the match carrier. `The hinged cover h is provided with an igniter f which consists of a curved plate with a friction surface, which friction surface may consist of the metal roughened or of a piece of sand paper or emery paper attached thereto.

The hinged cover b has au opening at 2 for inserting the end of a cigar or cigarette to be lighted. The shaft h is provided at one end with the knurled wheel 1I adapted to begrasped by the thumb and fore-finger in rotating the shaft. A tube k extends through the shaft and acts as a receptacle to frictionally hold a match 4to be ignited; or in other words, the tube lo is provided with hubs at each side which form a shaft.`

i A spring Z surrounds the shaft 71, between the support e and the tube aione end of the spring being secured in the support @and the other end ofthe spring being secured adjacent to the tube k in the enlarged portion thereof which forms a hub, and upon the shaft h is ,a notched disk m which comes adjacent to the knurled wheeli,l andI providea spring actuated catch n operating in the upper part of the case a to engage this notched disk m so as to hold the match carrier in either a horizontal or vertical position, the horizontal position representing that in which the match is ready to be ignited and the vertical position that in which a fresh match is inserted or the broken stem removed from the match carrier.

base of the socket and through Athe plate 3, and said ro'd is provided with a `linger head 'r' in said socket and with a disk 4, and a spring s surrounds said push rod between the disk 4 and the plate 3, and the upper end of this push rod extends through and slightly above the cross plate CZ at the top of the case aand said rod is in the saine plane as the tube Zi; holding the match.

In the position shown in Fig. l by full lines, the match carrier and match occupy the position wherein the parts are set, and the spring actuated catch n engages the notch 5 of the disk m, holding the match at right angles with its end resting against the igniter f, and in this position the spring Z is under strain.

When the'catch n is pushe'din by the tinger from the outside and the disk m is released, the spring Z acts to iy the match carrier a half rotation overinto the position shown by dotted lines. In this movement the igniting end of the match is carried over the face of the igniter and is lighted, and coming over into the dotted position, the same burns adjacent to the opening 2 in the cover through which the end of a cigar or cigarette is inserted and brought in contact with the ame without the risk of the flame being blown out. The parts are returned into the aforesaid position by the thumb and finger grasping the knurled wheel i, and imparting a partial rotation to the shaft h after the insertion of each fresh match so as to repeat the igniting operation.

If the stem of the match either in the act of igniting or in any other way should become broken off adjacent to the end of the tube Zc so that it becomes necessary to remove the broken stem and replace the same with awhole i match, the tube 7c is placed vertically, the catch n engaging the notch 6 of the disk m.

In this position the tube 7c and the push rod r are in line and the finger is 'pressed against the head lr', pushing the rod r vertically and partially into the lower end of the tube ic,`

which action causes the match stem to be partially forced out where it can be grasped .v

by the lingers and entirely pulled out. The

rod r returns to its normal position when the A new match can be inserted in the tube 4 7c when the same is in the dotted position Fig.

or when the tube Zr; is in the vertical position hereinbefore mentioned.

inner boundary to the match receptacles have their upper ends by preference above the upper edges of the case a with the end turned Within the cover b above its lower edge there are plates 8 extending inwardly at right angies from the cover plate, which Yplates when the cover is shut down on the case, rest upon the upper edges of the plates *7, and protect the ends of the matches. If the ignitible ends of the matches are placed uppermost, this oo nstruction of the case completely protects said ends from the effect of sparks or pieces ofthe match being burned in the cover, that might Afall thereon.

The case a and hinged cover b may be decorated or ornamented in any desired manner, and the same forms a convenient, compact and desirable devicefor lighting cigars and cigarettes, without the risk of the iiame blowing out.

I claim as my invention- 1. The combination in a cigar lighter, of a case, a shaft, a match carrying tube connected to the shaft and passing across the same, supports from the case for the shaft and tube, a spring for actuating the shaft and match holder in one direction, means for holding the parts when the shaft is turned and the spring is under tension and for releasing the same, an igniter against which the match is rubbed by the partial rotation of the match holder when released, a cover hinged to the case and having an opening therein adjacent to the match when lighted, substantially as set forth.

2. The combination in a cigar lighter, of a case and a receptacle therein to receive matches, a shaft, a match carrying tube connected to the shaft and passing across the same, supports from' the case for the shaft and tube, a spring for actuating the shaft and match holder in one direction, means for holding the parts when the shaft is turned and the spring is under tension and for releasing the same, a cover hinged to the case, a curved igniter within and connected to the cover and against which the match is rubbed by the partial rotation of the shaft and match holder when released, said cover having an opening therein adjacent t0 the match when lighted substantially as set forth.

3. The combination with the case a and hinged cover b, of a cross plate d, supports e e rising from said cross plate, a shaft h and tube k connected together and carried by said supports which become bearings, the springZ and notched disk m upon said shaft, the wheel 11 for rotating said shaft and match carrying ,i tube, and the catch n for engaging the disk m l, after the burned match has been removed and holding the match carrier in its positions l and from which the di'sk is released to be operg ated by the spring Z, substantially as set forth. The plates 7 within the case a that form the 4. The combination with the case ct and the hinged cover Z9, of the plate CZ, the rising supports e e', the shaft h and match carrying tube Za connected together and carried in said supports, a spring for actuating the shaft and match holder, and means for holding and releasing the same, a push rod r in the plane of the tube Zo and actuated by the nger to assist in removing, a broken match stem, and a IOO spring for returning the rod to its normal poperedges of the plates 7, whereby the matches sition, substantially as set forth. are protected, substantially as set forth. ro

5. The combination with the case a, the Signed by me this 27th day of October, 1893.

' hinged cover b, a rotary match carrier andan igniter, of receptacles c for matches in the GEO. W. LA BAW. case, having plates 7 whose upper ends rise Witnesses:

above the outer edge of the case, the plates 8 GEO. T. PINCKNEY,

within the cover adapted to rest upon the up- HAROLD SERRELL. 

